Spotlight Talk
MetaEducation, the New Vision for Human Transformation
Date Friday, Nov 25 Time – RoomPavillon
In this Spotlight Talk, Carlos Ochoa will share the evolution from distance learning to MetaEducation and the new future Collaboration Scenarios. He will present some case studies of immersive learning environments and the value for the community, and the impact of the technology on the education ecosystem, including the new role of teachers and students. He will also share some real experiences on how the World of Senses (with emotions and perceptions) connects with the magical context of Micro Universes.
Join this talk to jump into the future, augmenting education to the next level of the Augmented Society and learn to fly together!
Throughout the session, Carlos Ochoa will analyse the technological paradigm that humans will face in the next coming years, surrounded by intelligent robots, replicants, avatars, and unknown virtual worlds in a hyper-connected environment. A place where the borders between teaching and learning are getting thinner. An unbridled industry that rides freely along the paths of imagination, without barriers or limits... without a set course.
Regulation, transparency, safety, and ethics for meta-humans are a challenge for future generations.
In times of complex fragility and meta-paranoia, we must remain calm and seriously reflect on the assault of the virtual worlds on the real world and the impact on the education of people at all levels.
And for this, nothing better than meeting and discussing freely and democratically how we want this future world to be, more sustainable, green, humanely egalitarian, and democratic. Values that must prevail above all.
We have a great challenge ahead of us, we must care for and educate the new generations and provide them with real solutions to solve the real problems of our society.
This is quite challenging, at a time when everything is trivialized and oversimplified, where the pillars of today's society are shaking in a truly worrying way.
We are facing exciting and challenging times, where we must set rules, or do we let it run free, with all its consequences?
Overview
- What is MetaEducation? Why is Augmented Education so relevant for the next generation?
- Acceleration versus Transformation: why is acceleration a key process in MetaEducation?
- Future Scenarios and Opportunities. How to create magical worlds with high impact and high student engagement. The time for action is NOW. What are the Next Steps?
Carlos J. Ochoa Fernández
Co-Chair Education Committee / Founder and CEO, VRAR Association / ONE Digital Consulting, Spain
Carlos is an Engineer from the Madrid Polytechnic University, and has an MBA in Entrepreneurship from Babson College and a Post-graduate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Maryland University, Digital Marketing for International Business Development and ITC & Gis by Siemens Data-Technic Schule. Carlos is Founder and CEO of ONE Digital Consulting, and over the last 10 years he has successfully led a range of institutional/national/European projects, and has received a range of international awards for his educational innovation activities. With more than 30 years’ experience in Innovation Consultancy and Smart Education, leading multinational organizations (SIEMENS, Sagentia, Cap Gemini, eLearning Consulting). He is President of VR/AR Association Madrid Chapter, and Co-Chair of VR/AR Education Committee since 2017, where he coordinates the Experts Sessions, Forums, Case Studies, Best Practices and Collaboration activities worldwide. Today, with more than 600 active members and more than 100 on-line sessions around XR in Education Is one of the references organizations in XR in Education Worldwide. He is one of the Immersive Learning Founding Members, ICICLE X-Reality for Learning and Performance Augmentation SIG, Principal Member of the Metaverse Standards Forum, and founder Member of Smart Cities Standards Experts Group of AENOR. He is Independent Expert Evaluator in XR Projects for several international institutions, European Commission and Alberta Innovates Carlos is working for several International Experts Committees in XR in Training, Education, Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Smart Cities, and Principal Member of XR4Europe, Educators in VR, where he is main speaker, Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN), principal member. He is working as a consultant and advisor of several Education Institutions in Europe, and leading the implementation of Smart Education Labs for the Ministry of Education of UAE. Author of many publications and articles about Innovation and Advanced Technologies. White Paper “Best Practices in VR in Education” and “State of Art of XR in Education” by VR/AR Association. During these last years, he has shared his business work, with the delivery of more than 100 conferences on XR in Education, Augmented Education and MetaEducation, and the development of immersive experiences with ONE XR Studio, with artists like Ouka Leele and the Creative XR Arts Explosion, La Escuela Internacional de Música Reina Sofia and the “Music 5 Senses” experience, or the Metaverse of the Islamic City of Cuenca. Currently, he is involved in a new Innovative Project about “Creating Immersive Experiences with 5 Senses around creative arts and music for education”.
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Moderator
Ildiko Mazar
Sector Consulting Manager, NTT Data, Spain
Ildiko has over 25 years of professional experience in the field of open education and e-learning, and she is particularly passionate about informed and transparent knowledge, skill and competence recognition. In the past 5 years Ildiko has been focusing mostly on supporting the development and uptake of innovative solutions in the fields of competence development and digital (micro-)credentialing, more specifically the European Learning Model and European Digital Credentials for Learning. She is member of the CTDL Advisory Board, and one of the 3 Co-Chairs of the W3C Credentials Community Group's VC-EDU task force.